Saturday, December 22, 2012

Elegant Masculine Christmas

Hello again! Yesterday, I mentioned that a friend asked me to make some Christmas cards for her to give to loved ones. This is for her gentleman friend. He is a classy guy, so I picked some earthy tones and elegant touches for him.

The Hero Arts tree was stamped on polka dotted paper (in green, of course!) and decorated in teal gems and pearls. The dictionary page is a photocopy of an original. I bought the 1940s dictionary at a thrift shop in North Carolina on Black Friday this year. When I set out to make this card, I tore out the page that has the definition for "Christmas tree" and then thought I should photocopy it so I can keep the original.

I used several scrap strips of paper that were lying about: the teal dots and Early Espresso (with punched border) from Stampin' Up!, the khaki damask from Market Street Stamps.

And shown in the photo below, I intentionally tied a knot in taupe velvet right over top of the Christmas tree, standing in for a star. The sentiment is from Inspired By Stamping on a Memory Box tag.

Wonderful card! Truly elegant and masculine at the same time.. no easy feat! :) Thank you for playing along with our "Merry Christmas" challenge this week over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog! xox

Such a perfectly lovely idea - thanks for sharing this technique. I love this idea and will definitely use it. I've done telephone pages in the past as background for "phone" cards.If you get a chance, I hope you will stop by and play along with us again this week. I always LOVE having you share your art with us. It's always SO pretty and I love having you share it with us.have a great week!KarenWord Art Wednesday

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